Egg-carrier



2 Sheets-Sheet 1` J. H. LOUDER.

- Patented June 20,1882.

(No Model.) 2 sheets-sheen 2.

` J. H. LOUDBR.

EGG CARRIER.

. l N0.z59,696`. Patented June 2o, 1882.

UNITED STATES v PATENT OFFICE.

JOEL H.y LoUDEn, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

EGG-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 259,696, dated June 20, 1882.

` Application tiled July 14, 1881. (No model.)

' To all Iwhom it mag/concern:

. tively-rigid box.

Beit known that I, JOEL H. LOUDER, a citizen of the United States, residinginChicago, in the couuty'ot' Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Egg- Garrier, oiwhich the following is a specifia tion.l

My invention relates to improvements in eggcarrier boxes detachabl y put together and provided with a series of cells or compartments, each of which is adapted to hold an egg and form contact with the egg in the ad-v vices inthe accompanying drawings,in which- Figure l is a perspective of a box embody-l ing my invention, with the division-boards removed and the rim partially detached from the bottom; Fig. 2, a detail perspectiveof the corner ofthe rim, showing the means for detachably locking the ends together; Fig. 3, a perspective of the division-boards detached from the rim, with one of thetransverse partitions detached from the longitudinal partitions.; aud'Fig. 4, aperspective of the box,hav ing its rim continuous with its bottom, but adapted to be sustained by the partitions.

Similarletters of reference indicate the same parts throughout the several figures of the drawings.

A represents the rim, and B the rectangular-v shaped bottom, of my box, which may be of sheet metal, but preferably of stiif card or paste board, on account of lightness, cheapness, and safetyT in handling.

The rim A is provided upon its four sides and near its bottom with horizontal elongated slots a ct and a' a', corresponding with and receiving projections b b and b b' upon the bottom, by which the rim and bottom are connected, the end slots, a a, and end projections, b b, having somewhat shorter lengths than those on the sides by reason of the diierence in length of the sides and ends. I do not, however, wish tolimit myself to the exact n umber of slotsand projections shown, for a'greater number may be used, as desired-as, for instance, two or more upon each side and end; but there should be one upon each side and endto fully7 support the bottom.

In length the rimis somewhat greater than is actually necessary to surround the bottom, and the projecting ends are each slotted on their opposing edges at o c', respectively, each slot having a width corresponding with the thickness of the' rim and extending to one-half the depth of the same, so that when held in the position shown in Fig. 2 the ends may be joined and locked together, holding the bottom rigidly in place when its projections have been inserted in the corresponding slots in the sides and ends of the rim. The box ends of the rim thus formed are provided with vertical slots d d and the sides with similar and opposing slots, ce e, to receive respectively the longitudinal and transverse divisionboards or partitions, presently to be described, forming lthe egg-cells.

Referring to Fig. 3, ff f are the transverse divisionboards, corresponding in number with ltghe vertical slots in the sides of the rim, and provided with slots g gnear each end and openingupon their lower edges, the distance between these slots corresponding with the distance between the sides of theV rim, to which they are locked by insertion in the vertical slots in the same manner as the projecting ends of the rim. Each transverse partition is provided from its top edge with vertical slots d in the box ends of the rim.

It will be noticed that the vertical slots in the rim extend but half-way to the bottom of the box, and not half-way the width of the now to be described have a width corresponding with the depth of the box, measured from its bottom to the top edge of the rim, so that when the division-boards are inserted in place their upper edges will bein a plane with the upper edges of the rim.

kk are longitudinal division-boards, of somewhat greater length than the box proper that is to say, of a length corresponding with that of the bottom with its end projection inrim, and that the division-boards already and h It, corresponding and in line with the slots d eludedand are provided with slots l I, opening,r upon the bottom edge of the same, which extend half its width and correspond in number with aggregate of the transverse divisionboards and the box-end rims. rlhe distance between the slots in these longitudinal division-boards corresponds With the distance between each two of the transverse divisionboards and the boxend rims, so as to coincide with and be inserted in their slots, and thus not only form the cells, but brace the ends of the box and the transverse division-boards.

By constructing a box in the above manner its parts are not only detachably but to a certain extent rigidly connected together, and both the transverse and longitudinal divisionboards are utilized to attain that end.

In manufacturing the different parts of my egg-carrier box they are stamped out, kept dat, packed closely together, and shipped to the consumer, and therefore occupy very little space and incur but a small expense in shipment, the consumer readily putting the parts together when desirable without the use of any particular skill or labor.

The detachable bottom, as shown in Fig. 1, is provided with perforations corresponding in number to the number of cells to support the ends of the eggs, which ends project slightly below the bottom ot the box, but are prevented from coming in contact with the adjacent box or with any support upon which the box is placed when packing thel eggs by reason of the rim of the box projecting below the bottom, as clearly shown.

In Fig. 4 is shown a modification in which the bottom and rim are connected by being in a single piece with its rim provided with vertical slotsextending half its depth and adapted to receive, be maintained, and braced by the division-boards above described.

While l have described my box as particu larly adapted for carrying eggs, it will be understood that it maybe used for other purposes-as, for instance, fruit or various small articles of merchandise.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. A knoclrdoxvn box provided with a series ot longitudinal and transverse division-boards, the surrounding rim of the box being con nected at each ot' its sides to the bottom of the box and slotted at its upper edges to receive corresponding slots in t-hc lower edges ot' the longitudinal and transverse boards, said transverse boards being slotted Within the rim on their upper edges to receive the slots in the lower' edges ot' the longitudinal boards, substantiall y as described.

2. A knoclrdown box having its bottom and entire upturned rim in one piece, in combination with transverse and longitudinaldvisionboards respectively locked together and to the rim, substantially as described.

JOEL H. LOUDER.

Witnesses:

JNO. G. ELLIOTT, WM. l. W I-Irrmo. 

